The regulations regarding compulsory CET now require registrants to have 36 CET points by the end of December 2009. Those points must have been gained after January 2007. Points gained must be registered on-line at www.cetoptics.com. Points will be registered by the course providers and all GOC registrants are required to register on that site and to check and confirm their CET points on-line before the deadline of 31 December 2009.
The CET allowance for optometrists in England, Scotland and Wales who carried out GOS sight tests in 2008 and who have undertaken CET during the course of the year will be £458. The claim forms have been issued; and can be downloaded here. Bear in mind that claims must be made between 1st July and 30 September.
The AOP runs a number of conferences; some are run in order to educate the profession, either clinically or in business skills (for instance the Optometry 03 congress). Some are run in order to keep members up-to-date with political developments (for instance the National Optometric Conference).
Whatever the thrust of the conference the underlying aim is always the same: to further inform the profession in general and our members in particular about any topics which are relevant to their professional lives.
Details of conferences can be found by clicking the approporiate event in the list on the left of the page.
NES have announced that they are funding 100 optometrists to take the Therapeutic Prescribing Course course at Glasgow Caledonian University. Places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Download the application form by clicking here.
